Rural joblessness jumps to 6.9% in Oct as NREGS hiring slows
India’s rural unemployment rate climbed more than 100 basis points month-on-month (m-o-m) in October with the region seeing a significant fall in the creation of person-days under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), even as the summer crops harvest season kicked off. Rural unemployment climbed to 6.9% in October against 5.86% in […]




